Weather-strip



(No Model.)

A. M. EWERS. WEATHER STRIP.

No. 419,249. Patented Jan. 14, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMMON M. EWERS, or EDISON, oIno.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,249, dated January 14, 1890. Application filed February 6, 1889- Serial No. 298,924. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMMON M. EWERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Edison, in the county of Morrow and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and usef ul Improvei'nent in Feather-Strips, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to weather-strips, and has particular relation to strips for doors.

The objects of my invention are to provide an improved metallic weather-strip for doors, consisting of a rain-defleeting hood and a spring-actuated plate, each of which is so bent as to form one of the members of a hinge, and thus facilitate the connection of said hood and plate, and to construct the same in a simple and effective manner. These objects I accomplish in the manner illustrated in accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the outer side of a door, showing my improved weather-strip thereon. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the weather-strip and lower portion of the door, showing in dotted lines the position of the lower plate when the door is closed. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the rear side of the Weatherstrip. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the stop-plate.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents a door hinged in the usual manner within a door'frame B.

0 represents a weather-strip hood consisting, as shown, of a strip of sheet metal, the upper part of which is secured transversely against the outer face of the door A a short distance above the lower end of the latter. From its connection with said door the hood is bent to incline outwardly and downwardly and has its lower side bent inwardly and slightly upwardly to again meet the face of the door. This inwardly-bent portion of the hood has its central portion cutaway to form at each end thereof a projecting lip, which, as shown, is curved outwardly and against itself to form a horizontal cylinder, which serves as one of the members (Z- of a hinge.

f represents the lower plate of sheet metal, of a length equal to the hood-plate. This plate f has its upper edge cut away adjoining each of its ends, thus leaving a central projecting portion or lip, which, as is shown, is bent over against itself to form a barrel or cylinder g, which serves as one of the members of a hinge. The plate f is, as shown, hinged to the hood 0 by having the hinge member g of the former projecting between the hinge members (Z of the latter and inserting a transverse hinge-pin h loosely through said hood and plate hinge members.

An oblong vertical depression i is formed in the outer face of the door adjoining one of the sides thereof, within the upper portion of which is secured the upper end of a metallic spring-strip 7a, which, extending downwardly, has its lower portion bent outwardly and its outwardly-bent end bearing against the under side of the plate f and normally supporting the latter at an angle from a vertical position, or in such position as to clear the usual transversely-plaeed carpet-strip n of the door-frame.

19 represents an angle-plate, one wing of which is secured to the inner side of one of the door-frame post-s B adjoining the lower end thereof in such position as to hold its remaining wing in an inclined position in front of the bevel of the carpet-strip.

In closing the door it will be seen that the outer edge of the hinged plate f will, by contact with the angle stop-plate, be directed downward in front of the carpet-strip until it meets the floor or lower cross-piece of the door-frame.

It is obvious that more than one spring strip may be used and that its location in the door may be changed without altering the principle of my invention.

The herein-described form of hood will serve to deflect rain or snow from the door, while the spring-actuated strip will, by contact with the stop-plate 19, form a close connection with the door-fra1ne sill, which will prevent the admission of cold or rain or snow. It will also be observed that by the construction and operation herein shown the lower plate f may be made to fill the office of the carpet-strip, and the latter may be omitted from the construction of the door-frame.

The parts of the weather-strip being, as described, formed of sheet metal, it will be seen -that the formation of the hinge members therewith is readily accomplished by simply bending the same.

I am aware that Weather-strips have been formed heretofore of hinged metal strips or plates the lower plates of Which are springactuated, and therefore do not claim, broadly, such construction.

Having now fully described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a door-frame having secured thereto the angular stop-plate p, of a door having depression 2, spring-strip k,

adapted to be made to enter said depression, as described, and sheet-metal Weather-strip hood 0, having its lower side shaped to form members of a hinge, of the lower metallic plate f, supported by a spring is, as described, and having members of a hinge formed on its upper edge, said plate f and hood 0 being hinged, as described, substantially as and for the purpose set forth;

AMMON M. EVVERS. 

